Gamle Venner
Genres
Overview
Two older German men are headed for Southern Norway in their Trabant in 1990. They're going back to "old haunts", to a beach they left in the days of May 1945. They have one goal for the trip, to find something they once dug down.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
18 min
Release Date
2014-04-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Norwegian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
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Ingar Helge Gimle
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Politibetjent
9.0
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8.0
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7.2
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5.1
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5.0
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0.0
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7.0
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7.2
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6.7
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6.5
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0.0
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7.6
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7.3
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7.8
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7.4
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8.2
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